# Rick Roder

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'''Rick Roder''' is an author, editor, consultant, and educator specializing in [baseball](/source/baseball) rules and [umpiring](/source/Umpire_(baseball)). He attended the [Joe Brinkman](/source/Joe_Brinkman) Umpire School in 1987 and was a professional umpire from 1987 to 1996. His umpiring experience included the [Pioneer League](/source/Pioneer_Baseball_League) (1987), [Midwest League](/source/Midwest_League) (1988-1989), [Texas League](/source/Texas_League) (1990 and 1992), [Southern League](/source/Southern_League_(1964%E2%80%932020)) (1991), [Pacific Coast League](/source/Pacific_Coast_League) (1993), [International League](/source/International_League) (1994), and [American Association](/source/American_Association_(20th_century)) (1995-1996). He was the head rules instructor at the Brinkman school from 1990 to 1995 and co-authored the only complete re-write of baseball's professional rules (commonly known as the "Jaksa/Roder Manual") with fellow instructor [Chris Jaksa](/source/Chris_Jaksa). Roder has authored three other books on rules and umpiring. He is also the author of ''Frontiers of Faith: A History of the Diocese of Sioux City'' and ''We Are Called: A History of St. Mary's Parish, Remsen, Iowa''.

Roder is a graduate of [Newman University](/source/Newman_University%2C_Wichita) (formerly Kansas Newman College) in [Wichita, KS](/source/Wichita%2C_KS), where he was a pitcher for the Jet's baseball team.

==External links==
*[http://www.rulesofbaseball.com/ rulesofbaseball.com]

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